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The Forum
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Welcome to the Forum! Log in, below:. Raquo; Lost your Password? A one year subscription to the Forum costs $35/year. Click the button below to subscribe and access all Forum content. The subscription to the Forum also comes with a $35 credit toward other editing services. Which means if you want any other editing, the Forum is free! For a glimpse of what the subscription will get you, click here. For a 5-minute video tour of the Forum. Researching Agents & Indie Presses. Agent & Author Interviews.
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Author Services
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Recent Projects & Clients. Ideal for writers who would like feedback on the pacing and plotting of a novel but cannot afford a full developmental edit. In a structure workshop, I will review your synopsis and chapter outline and provide feedback via a one-hour Skype or phone workshop. These workshops are appropriate both for writers who have completed a draft and those still in the planning stages. Need help developing your query or figuring out where to submit it? Check out The Forum. Need more help wit...
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Character-Driven Fiction, as Explained by The Grinch
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Character-Driven Fiction, as Explained by The Grinch. Jan 1, 2015. Over the past few weeks, I’ve read Dr. Seuss’s. To my kids roughly a million times. It occurred to me, sometime around reading 550, that the story perfectly illustrates how to structure character-driven fiction. Why do I consider this character-driven fiction (as opposed to plot-driven)? Using three-act plot structure developed by story and script consultant Michael Hauge. We can see how Dr. Seuss does it with. 2 Opportunity: An event occ...
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How to Submit Your Book
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How to Submit Your Book. Have you ever read Slush Pile Hell. It’s a Tumblr, published anonymously by a self-reported grumpy literary agent. The posts, which represent the worst query letters the agent has received, make me laugh, but they also make me a bit sad. It’s really hard to write a book. And it’s really,. For a 5-minute video tour of the Forum, follow this link. For individual writers, the Forum costs $35 for one year of access. Click here to subscribe to the Forum. Bull; Themify WordPress Themes.
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My Thoughts on Freelancing
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Writing is an art, a craft, and a business. To succeed, you need to understand all three. My Thoughts on Freelancing. Oct 2, 2014. I’m always up for a good defense of freelancers, and yesterday I got to write one for Salon.com. Critiquing a recent New York Times Magazine article that denigrated freelance workers specifically living in Portland (whose jobs are apparently less real than freelancers’ in other parts of the country). Check out the link. To read the full article. Who Is Your Reader?
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About Me
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Writing is an art, a craft, and a business. To succeed, you need to understand all three. Photo Credit: Ed Yourdon. My short fiction has appeared in. Bodega Magazine, WIPs: Works (of Fiction) in Progress, Pound of Flash. I have recently completed work on my first novel, for which I am currently seeking representation. I am the founder of The Clovers Project, which provides mentoring for writers at various stages of their careers. My non-fiction has also appeared in. English Kills Review,.
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On the Value of Editors
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Writing is an art, a craft, and a business. To succeed, you need to understand all three. On the Value of Editors. Oct 15, 2014. Last week in Salon, Laura Miller wrote about this issue in “The incredible vanishing editor,”. Writers who pursue traditional publishing will hopefully end up working with both a literary agent and one or more editors who will shape and support their work before publishing. But what about before they even get to that point? My Thoughts on Freelancing.
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Blog Archive
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Writing is an art, a craft, and a business. To succeed, you need to understand all three. Character-Driven Fiction, as Explained by The Grinch. Jan 1, 2015. Over the past few weeks, I’ve read Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch to my kids roughly a million times. It occurred to me, sometime around reading 550, that the story perfectly illustrates how to structure character-driven fiction. Why do I consider this character-driven fiction (as opposed to plot-driven)? On the Value of Editors. Oct 15, 2014. Oct 2, 2014.
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Who Is Your Reader?
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Writing is an art, a craft, and a business. To succeed, you need to understand all three. Who Is Your Reader? Sep 17, 2014. 8221; isn’t a marketing question at all (or at least it isn’t entirely a marketing question). It’s a question of craft. What kind of clues do they need to understand the tensions you want to build, and the stakes for your character? What information can be withheld from them? Photo Credit: Julia Spranger/ WikiMedia Commons. Being a Writer Means Learning the Business.